P42s/1 PURE MATHEMATICS Paper 1 Nov./Dee, 2024 3 hours UGANDA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education PURE MATHEMATICS Paper I 3 hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: This paper consists of two Sections; A and B. Section A is compulsory. Answer only five questions from Section B. Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked. All necessary working must be shown clearly. Begin each answer on a fresh page. Graph paper is provided. Silent, non-programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables with a list of formulae may be used. © 2024 Uganda National Examinations Board Turn Awa:Be SECTION A (40 MARKS) Answer all the questions in this section. A committee of seven people is to be selected from 4 men and 6 women. If the committee must have at least two men, determine the total possible number of ways of selecting the committee. (05 marks) A cylindrical can of capacity 1000 cm} is made from a thin sheet of metal. The can is open at the top and closed at the bottom. The radius of the bottom is x cm. Find the value of x that will minimise the area of the sheet to be used. (Leave x in your answer) (05 marks) The equation of an ellipse is 4x? + 25y + 8x - 100y +4 =0. Determine the; (a) coordinates of the centre of the ellipse. (03 marks) (b) eccentricity of the ellipse. (02 marks) hig 1 Show that (=) dx=-In2. (05 marks) ly §9- x? 6 The population of a country increases in a geometric progression (G.P.) by 2.75 % per annum. Calculate the number of years it will take for the population to double. (05 marks) 1- cos 2x + 2 sin x cos2x =sinx+ tan? x. (05 marks) Show that 1 + cos 2x ( The point C (a, 4, 5) divides the line joining points 4 (1, 2, 3) and B (6,7, 8) in the ratio 4: 3. Using vectors, find the values of a and A. (05 marks) Find the area enclosed by the curve y =x? and the line y =x from x = 0 to (05 marks) x=1.1. 12. 13. SECTION B (60 MARKS) Answer only five questions from this section. All questions carry equal marks. (a) Express 12cos 0+ 16sin 0 in the form R cos(0 ~ a) where Ris a ant and @ is an acute angle. (06 marks) positive con (b) Hence; . () find the maximum and minimum values of 12 cos 0 + 16 sin 0. (ii) solve the equation 12 cos @ + 16 sin @= 15 for 0° < @< 180°. (06 marks) (a) Given that the polynomial x° — 13x + p is exactly divisible by x—4, find the value of p. Hence solve the equation x — 13x+p =0. (06 marks) x-18 x43 (b) Solve the inequality > z. (06 marks) (a) Use the substitution x = sin 8 to evaluate 1 14x, | a dx. + (05 marks) o 3 d: ), find 2 interms ofx. (07 marks). (6) Given that y= sin ( ‘A curve is defined by the equations x =- +? + Landy PA tangent to the curve at a point B (x, y) is parallel to the line 3y—2x—1=0. Determine ~ the; (a) coordinates of B. (09 marks) (b) equation of the tangent at B. (03 marks) (a) Use Maclaurin’s theorem to expand In(1 —2x) in ascending powers of (06 marks) x as far as the term in x°. correct to ximate value of tan. 46° find the appro: coc (b) Using small changes, three decimal places. Turn Over16. (a) The point C in the complex plane corresponds to the complex number z such that 3] z—2 | =| z—6i|. Show that the locus of Cis a circle, (05 marks) (b) Find the square root of -5 + 12/. (07 marks) The coordinates of points P and Q are (0,2, 5) and (-1, 3, 1) respectively. Given that the equation of the line Tis S 2-¥__2, (a) _ find the equation of a plane which contains the point P and is perpendicular to the line 7. (03 marks) (b) show that the point Q lies on the plane. (02 marks) (c) determine the coordinates of the point R where the line T intersects with the plane. (04 marks) (4) show that PR and QR are perpendicular. (03 marks) The rate-at which the quantity M of a commodity is:sold is proportional to the difference between the amount initially present and the quantity sold at any time ¢. Initially 10 tonnes of the commodity were present. After one day, 2 tonnes were sold. (a) Forma differential equation for the quantity of the commodity sold. (02 marks) (b) (i) Determine the expression for Min terms of f, (08 marks) (ii) Calculate the quantity sold at the end of 5 days. (02 marks)